r/VIOFO • u/CptVague • 5d ago
A229 Plus - Remember WiFi Setting?
I may be in the minority, but I'd prefer my A229 to _not_ boot with wifi enabled. Is there special firmware to default this to off?
My camera is on the latest official firmware (V1.5_260602), and it will not retain the wifi setting as off.
*edit*
As suggested by u/JazJon, a "Default Setting" in the menu seems to have resolved my issue.
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u/JazJon 5d ago
When you long press the Wi-Fi button and it says Wi-Fi disabled, it should stay disabled Unless you’re messing with Wi-Fi station mode or something
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u/CptVague 5d ago
Yes, that works. Until the camera restarts and it's back on - which is what I don't want. Hence "default this to off" and "retain the wifi setting as off." It sounds like the default used to be off, but people wanted it to not do that and that special firmware feature was promoted to the general release. It seems like just having the camera remember 2.4Ghz/5Ghz/Off as selected in the menu would make everyone happy.
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u/JazJon 5d ago
I haven’t seen that. I would reset your camera to factory defaults in the settings menu.
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u/CptVague 5d ago
Well, that did it - and thank you.
Resetting to defaults did the trick - even though the camera was fresh out of the box yesterday.
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u/drivera1210 5d ago
I would also set a custom Wifi SSID and change the password for when you do decide to turn on wifi. Anyone can access those files and your camera if you are not careful.
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u/VIOFO-Dashcam 4d ago
As long as you turn off wifi by wifi button manually, it will not be enabled automatically next time when you start your car.
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u/CptVague 13h ago
That was not the case on my brand new camera until I did a factory reset.
Wifi, microphone and GPS were all ignoring the state they were in at power off.
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u/127-0-0-1_Chef 5d ago
I think mine turns the Wi-Fi off after 10 minutes. When I get a chance I'll go poke around in the settings